Art 350// Reading Questions

In the virtual world when the beautiful and desirable is the norm, are those who stray away from it the ones who must be shunned or are they really the ones who are the most beautiful?

If nothing is private on the internet, then should nothing surprise anyone about anyone else?

--VMS

Art 343// Virtual World Avatars Two Questions

If everyone is the epitome of beauty in a virtual word, the beauty that many so desire in the real world has become the norm, so when one sees an avatar of a normal average human are they the ones who are exceptionally beautiful?

If the virtual world allows us to step into the shoes of anything, why do we only focus on the fantasy? Why not walk a mile with your avatar as an old senior, or someone in a wheelchair? Why do we immediately think of "I want", rather than what we can explore in these new worlds?

Happy Black History Month!

In honor of Black History Month, I want to highlight some of the most notable people whom without we may not have the lives we have today.  Each day during this month I will upload a new post with a new highlight.

Lewis Howard Latimer

In 1874, he copatented (with Charles W. Brown) an improved toilet system for railroad cars called the Water Closet for Railroad Cars. He also received a patent in January 1881 for the "Process of Manufacturing Carbons", an improved method for the production of carbon filaments used in lightbulbs. Latimer is an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his work on electric filament manufacturing techniques. A founding member of the Flushing, New York Unitarian Church; Latimer's home has been moved to a small park in Flushing, New York and turned into a museum in honor of the inventor.